Biography:

Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski is Professor and Research Director in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at the Université de Montréal. Dr. Kaczorowski is a holder of the Dr. Sadok Besrour Chair in Family Medicine and the GlaxoSmithKline-Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) chair in Optimal Management of Chronic Disease.He co-directs Innovation and Evaluation Hub at CRCHUM research center.
He plays leadership roles in the hypertension, stroke and primary care research communities in Canada. He has an active, collaborative and multi-disciplinary research agenda that includes optimal use of therapeutics in primary care, primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke, knowledge transfer, health services research and population health.
Dr. Kaczorowski has over 20 years’ experience in developing, coordinating, and completing all aspects of research studies in primary care. He has held a number of large grants both as principle investigator and co-investigator. He has over 400 publications including more than 220 peer-reviewed publications.